ONYX TV'S DIGITAL PACKAGE LAUNCHES THIS SUMMER
German adult-oriented music channel Onyx TV is to launch its digital package this summer. In addition, the main channel currently only available in digital on Hot Bird (13 degress East)...
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INTERNET VIA SATELLITE SATXPRESS LAUNCHES ON SESAT
The operators of medium and large cable networks can provide their customers with high speed Internet access through the soon to be launched SatXpress. The Cologne-based company vsatnet.com is offering...
MESSIER WANTS STREAM BANNED FROM PLATCO
Jean-Marie Messier, the chairman of French utility and communications giant Vivendi, has requested that Italian pay-TV platform Stream should be excluded from Rupert Murdoch’s planned global satellite holding Platco. The...
BANKRUPTCY COURT LEAVES BIDDING FOR IRIDIUM ASSETS OPEN
Gene Curcio, a California-based telecommunications entrepreneur who is leading the $50 million (52.47) bid of Venture Partners. to acquire the assets of the failed Iridium LLC satellite constellation, said he...
15 CHANNELS FOR ZEE TV
Zee TV will launch a bouquet of 15 television channels in C-Band later in June, Zee Telefilms chairman Subash Chandra said last Tuesday (June 6). The 15 channels would include...
VIVA OUTLINES EXPANSION STRATEGY
German music channel Viva is planning a major expansion into new business areas. The ambitious plans include a broadband Internet and e-commerce platform for young people, TV- over-the-Internet services and...
L'ESPRESSO AND DE BENEDETTI TO LAUNCH NEW CHANNELS
Italian publisher L’Espresso, industrial group De Benedetti and rock star Vasco Rossi are contemplating the launch of new thematic digital TV channels for the Italian TV market. The administrative council...
STREAM GETS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Stream has reached an agreement with leading Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset for the digital TV platform to acquire key Italian pay-TV rights to next season’s Champions League football tournament. The...
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
The ITU did its best to please every last delegate at its World Radiocommunication Conference, writes Chris Bulloch The International Telecommunication Union held its first-ever World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) outside...
TRANSPONDER MONITOR
Interspace’s in-depth study of European satellite activity, compiled by Mike Fallon Key: D – Digital A – Analogue 145 degreesE: Gorizont-21 & 33 D – The last of the Gorizont...